SANCHO III / SANTXO III OF NAVARRE

1. SANCHO III / SANTXO III OF NAVARRE

2. SANCHO III / SANTXO III OF NAVARRE...and the European Way of Saint James to Compostela • Who was Sancho III of Navarre? • The Kingdom of Iruñea-Pamplona • European influence • The Romanesque • What did he do? • Why is he our european hero?

3. Who was Sancho III of Navarre? • Sancho III Garces or Gartzea, the Great, King of Iruñea-Pamplona later called Navarre from 1004 until his death in 1035.

4. The Kingdom of Iruñea-Pamplona

5. Family tree of Santxo III and his kingship to the Dukes of Vasconia > Wasconia > Gascony House of Aritza 824-905 Eneko Aritza 824–851/2 Gartzea Enekoitz851/2–882 Fortun Gartzez 882–905 House of Ximenez 905–1076 Dukes of Vasconia > Wasconia>Gascony Santxo I Gartzez 905–925 Santxo Mitarra (Menditarra?) Gilem Santxo 963-997 Prince of Vasconia ‘Dominus Totius Vasconiae” Gartzia II Santxez 931–970 Santxo Gilem of Wasconia 1010-1032 Santxo II Gartzez Abarka 970–994 Gartzia Santxez III 994–1004 SANTXO/SANCHO III NAGUSIA/ THEGREAT 1004–1035 KING OF Navarre : “In Guasconiam imperante” “Gaskoinian Errege” “Lord of all Vasconia”

6. European influence • The Kingdom of Sancho III was mainly directed to the north =>Vasconia, Wasconia, Gascony. • Sancho III made it possible that people of different countries of Europe could enter the north of Spain, so he wanted to establish a better relationship between the people of Europe.

7. The Romanesque • The Way to Saint James: the European highway of people and new ideas. • Romanesque

8. The Romanesque Leire Eunate Nowadays, the buildings that Sancho III built are one of the most important Romanesque architecture examples.

9. What did he do? • His most obvious legacy=> Wasconia in the north. • He spread the frontiers of his kingdom to all the Basque speaking people of the time. • He made the Basque-Navarrese Kingdom of Iruñea-Pamplona stronger, politically stable and independent. • He made his kingdom a way open to European ideas and people.

10. The history of The St. James Way • At the end of 8th century the legend which told that Saint James the apostle was buried in Compostela. made people walk the way of Saint James. • It made the exchange of ideas, beliefs, technology and all kinds of human contact among Europeans easier. • Nowadays thousands of pilgrims walk the way of Saint James. • Identified =>shell symbol.

11. Map of the first Way of Saint James

12. The Way of Saint James nowadays

13. Why is he our European hero? • Sancho III is our European Hero because he created one of the most important commercial and cultural ways that ever existed, The Way of Saint James. • He created one of the most important exchanges of ideas, beliefs, technology and all kind of human contact among Europeans. • We hope that one day all nations will have a president like Sancho III !!

14. European Hero Project 2010 Exchange program Charlemagne college Urola ikastola

15. Made by: • Gladys Zeevaarders • Meringenie Micheels • Lindsey Bons • Sefania Baadjou • Leire Lopetegi • Maddi Alberdi • Amaia Alonso • Maider Egiguren • Idoia Garmendia